first-class continuation

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːst ˈklɑːs kəntɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɝst ˈklæs kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: first-class con‧tin‧u‧a‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

first-class continuation (plural first-class continuations)

1. (programming) A continuation that can be used like any other value in a programming language, granting it a powerful ability to control the flow of execution.

   Coordinate term: second-class continuation

   Hypernym: continuation

   • Bruce F. Duba; David Macqueen (January 1991), “Typing First-Class Continuations in ML”, in Journal of Functional Programming, volume 3, number 4, →DOI: “First-class continuations are a simple and natural way to provide access to the flow of evaluation in functional languages.”